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- As with most things in the US, California has similar laws to the gdpr (though admittedly not as powerful), so a lot of websites are starting to change a bit in the US because of california. 
  0·2 years ago 0·2 years ago- I’m spooked by the fact that you have no idea how the US enriches uranium, or the difference between a power pressurized water reactor and a fast “breeder” reactor (if you were thinking of plutonium) or a centrifuge. - The US enriches uranium using a gas-centrifuge. The US also no longer recycles spent nuclear fuel, but France does. 
  1·2 years ago 1·2 years ago- My personal theory: to offset activity losses and show shareholders that they can still drive engagement. 


Modern reactor design also pretty much makes runaway reactions nearly impossible, as in, you have to actually try to fuck it up.
Even Fukushima didn’t have a runaway reaction, it just lost coolant.